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TIL that a cougar, puma, mountain lion, and panther, are all the same animals.

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rKnw TIL that when the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act was passed, only the birdseed industry successfully lobbied against it by arguing that hemp seeds gave birds shinier feathers than other seeds. Because of this, birdseed producers are legally allowed to import hemp seeds into the US (deactivated) today.
X00R TIL that an Apple engineer recreated a 2000-Year-Old Computer Using Legos
J16YQ TIL the first Super Bowl halftime show featured jetpacks flying around the stadium, but were originally developed for military use by Bell Aerosystems and funded by the US Army.
ADWv4 TIL Spielberg initially considered making Schindler's List entirely in German and Polish, but decided "there's too much safety in reading [subtitles]. It would have been an excuse [for the audience] to take their eyes off the screen and watch something else."
ex5E TIL: That the common belief that a person drowning (or close to) will yell and wave their arms is the opposite of the truth - instead the “Instinctive Drowning Response” kicks in.